The magnitude and intersectionality of the impacts of the climate crisis require an interdisciplinary collaboration on advancing climate action. Science has already established that the world cannot go on business-as-usual and that we must re-think and re-calibrate the way we live. Poets and other...
The Angono, Rizal municipal government urged its residents to transition to cycling as part of its efforts at minimizing carbon emission in the city and help the people cope with the increasing prices of fuel. Photo from Angono LGU Angono, Rizal Mayor Jeri Mae Calderon led around 450 cyclists on a...
Photo by Pixabay from Pexels. As the world adapts to the worsening effects of climate change, the agriculture sector is exposed as one of the most vulnerable sectors, if not the most. According to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, damages incurred due to natural disasters totaled P463...
The country’s ability to withstand the disastrous effects of natural calamities should be strengthened as these will occur more frequently and be more severe in the future due to the impact of climate change. ASec. Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV (second from right, second row), Office of Civil...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda commended on Wednesday, Aug. 17 United States (US) President Joe Biden for signing into law a legislation addressing climate change. The law, according to Legarda, seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about one billion tons in 2030. The Inflation...
Soon, the famous Walled City of Intramuros in Manila may turn into a water world. This was the warning raised by the Intramuros Administration (IA) amid the adverse effects of climate change and the rapid urbanization in Metro Manila. Ramil B. Tibayan, head of the Cultural Properties Conservation...
The enactment of the Republic Act (RA) 11898 or the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act of 2022, which seeks to make companies responsible for their plastic packaging, was lauded by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)....
PARIS, France -- The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet over the last 40 years, according to research published Thursday that suggests climate models are underestimating the rate of polar heating. Pixabay The United Nations' climate science panel said in a...
The Department of Education (DepEd) reiterated its commitment to strengthening climate education in the basic education curriculum. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN “While climate change concepts are already integrated with the K-12 curriculum, there is a need to strengthen its presence in the curriculum...
In line with its efforts to strengthen climate change education in the country, teachers under the Department of Education (DepEd) underwent online training. (Courtesy of DepEd) Through “Climate Changemakers,” DepEd partnered with Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) where exchange...
The Social Security System (SSS) and Climate Change Commission (CCC) signed a Memorandum of Agreement allowing the latter's job order and contract of service employees entitled to SSS benefits. Climate Change Commission PH (Facebook) In an announcement by SSS, the said CCC government employees will...
PARIS, France -- As much of Europe bakes in a third heatwave since June, fears are growing that extreme drought driven by climate change in the continent's breadbasket nations will dent stable crop yields and deepen the cost-of-living crisis. This photo taken on August 3, 2022, shows the dried "Lac...
